Jar-cover.



T. I. GROVE.

JAR COVER.

APPLIOATION HLBD JUNE 1a. ,1908.

918,315. Patented Apr. 13, 1909,

Yfor an open locking ring l0.

THEODORE I. GROVE, OF HARTLAND, MINNESOTA.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented April 13, 1909.

Application filed June 13, 1908` Serial No. 438,343.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tun-opone l, Gnovn,

citizen of the United States, residing at Hartland, in the county ollFreeborn and State ol' Minnesota, have invented a new and uselulJar-Cover, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to an improvement in jar closures, and isparticularly adapted for use on butterjars, although the closure may beapplied to various other receptacles.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device ol' thecharacter described, which is simple in construction, easy et operationand cheap to manufacture.

A further object oi the invention is to provide a jar cover or lidhaving a handle, and means for locking the cover to the ar, which willpermit of the jar being carried by means of said handle.

A still further object of the invention is to rovide a jar cover havingmeans for readily ocking or unlocking the cover to or from the jar.

ln the drawings z-F igure 1 is a l'ace view oi a jar showing the coverwith the locking means applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a 'l'ace view ol' ajar showing the cover detached therefrom. Fig. 3 is a top plan view ofthe clamping rim. Fig. 4 1s a detail cross sectional view of a portionoi' the cover.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures o'lI the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a jar ol any style having a beadla and having a cover 2 on which are secured spaced upstanding ears 3and 3a respectively, to which the bail et ol' a handle 5 is attached.The cover 2 is provided with a depending ilange 6, which is adapted toembrace a ring 7 formed ol' wire or any other suitable material. Atvarious intervals, a portion of the 'llange is cut away as shown by thereference numeral 8 to permit oi' the 'fastening oll the link members 9.These members are preferably 'formed of llat pieces oi metal havingtheir upper ends 9a bent around to embrace the ring 7. The lower ends 9bof said members are also bent around to Aform bearings The two 'freeends l08J and 10b respectively of this ring are bent to form hooks orbearings forthe cam locking member l1. This cam locking mem ber 11 ispreferably formed of a single piece of wire and is bent to form twoloops, one

i larger than the other and having converging sides 11a and 1lb, one ofsaid sides being arranged more at an angle than the other.

lt will be evident 'from the foregoing de scription that to lock thecover to the jar, it is only .necessary to position the cover on thejar, depend the clampingV ring 1 0 below the bead la ol the jar l, turnthe cam locking member l1 so that the ends 10a and 10b ot' the ring 10are arranged within the small loop ol' said member, and then l'orce theylarger loop ol' the locking member up to the ring l0. rhus the cover 2is securely locked to the jar. Thus it will be seen that the j ar may becarried from place to place by means of the handle 5.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation andmany advantages oll the herein described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art, without further description, and it will beunder stood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction, may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any ol the advantages ot the invention.

`Having thus iully described my invention, what l claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, iszl. r'he combination with areceptacle having a bead at the upper ortion thereof, oi a coverprovided with a liandle, a ringshaped clamping member arranged to engagethe bead oi the receptacle, links pivot-ed to the cover at one end andto the clamping member at the other end, and means tor contracting thesaid member in applying the cover to a receptacle.

2. In combination with the cover, spaced links depending from andpivoted to the peripheral edge thereot', a ring-shaped clamping membercarried by the lower ends ot' the links, and means lor contracting thesaid member in applying the cover to a receptacle.

3. The combination with a receptacle, of a cover provided with adepending tlange having spaced cut-out portions, ring adapted to beretained by the flange, links pivotally mounted on the ring within thecut-out portions ol the flange, a clamping ring carried by said linksand provided with hooked ends, and cam locking member arranged to engagethe hooked ends Alor looking the cover to the receptacle.

4. The combination with a receptacle having a bead arranged near theupper portion thereof, of a cover provided with a depending flangehaving spaced cut-out ortions, a rin carried by said flange, space(links oarrie by said ring and arranged Within the cut-out portions ofthe flange, an open-ended ring carried by the links and provided withy alarge loop having their connecting sides converging, said small loo 3engaging Within the hooked ends of the c aniping ring and adapted toclamp said ring to the receptacle.

6. In combination with the cover having a ring-shaped clamping member,and a cani locking member connecting the two ends oi' the said clampingmember, said earn locking member being 'formed with a large and a smallloop and an intermediate contracted portion.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

THEODORE i. GROVE. Witnesses WM. SHEEHAN, LARs GROVE.

